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Haynal uses this expression as a title for a key chapter in his book on Ferenczi, something we would expect coming from Ferenczi. But a book providing an expectable presentation of Ferenczi's oeuvre would not be of much interest, so Haynal provides us instead with a fascinating, and often surprising, exploration of Ferenczi's highly complex presence in the history of psychoanalysis. This is grounded in Ferenczi's complicated personal relationship with Freud, and then includes his relationship with the psychoanalytic establishment, and ultimately his pervasive influence on the full spectrum of contemporary theories. Haynal's stated hope is that a historical study of Ferenczi will shed light on our current struggles in psychoanalysis, to have a “dialogue with [Ferenczi]… and ask him questions—today's questions, of course—and to see what he answers” (p. xi).
Far from what one might expect, the quoted expression above is actually Freud's! Haynal carefully traces the deep collaboration between Ferenczi and Freud, which gives the lie to the sort of simple dualism between these two pioneers that most of us have been raised with. So, while Ferenczi is rightly described as the “originator of post-Freudian